Horus (Vinyl) ~ The Impossible Shapes (Artist) Cover Art

Horus (Vinyl)

By: The Impossible Shapes (Artist)

More About this Product
List Price: $14.98
Tower Price: $14.90
You Save: $0.08 (1%)
Add to BagAdd to Bag Click to go directly to the checkout.
This item qualifies for FREE Shop N' Save Shipping for orders over $25. Check individual shipping price. *Some Restrictions Apply.
Availability: In Stock
Also Available in: [CD]
Share This:
Add To KaboodleAdd To Kaboodle  Submit To Digg!Submit To Digg!  Share On FacebookShare On Facebook  Add to FavoritesAdd to Favorites  TwitterTwitter 

Product Description

Run a Quick Search on "Horus" by The Impossible Shapes to Browse Related Products:

Browse more products related to "Horus"

Browse more products related to "The Impossible Shapes"

Review

Magnet (p.98) - "Over early Pink Floyd guitars and trembling pip organ, songwriter Chris Barth warbles tales of mythical mayhem in a high-pitched tremor that lands somewhere between Syd Barrett and Pete Shelley."

Title Note

The Bloomington, IN, neo-psychedelic folk/indie rock collective Impossible Shapes have crafted a dark and whimsical Pagan and pseudo-Christian/Egyptian imagery-laden oddity of a record that somehow manages to balance the British folk meanderings of bands like Pentangle and Forest with the volatile energy of the late-'70s proto-punk movement. Horus, their second release for Secretly Canadian and fifth overall, is a celebration of the veiled tinderbox of weirdness that is the American Midwest. Singer/songwriter/guitarist Chris Barth is the kind of misfit mystic that can deliver a line like "Lighting a candle to Pan/Smoking at night in the van" without the slightest bit of irony, and his imagery-heavy yet strangely simple lyricism is more upfront here than on last year's significantly louder We Like It Wild. That's not to say that the band is incapable of ferocity -- the glorious "Survival" is the best Velvet Underground song never made -- but the Impossible Shapes are not reverential two-chord revivalists; rather they are accomplished musicians who are just as comfortable championing jazzy, Bert Jansch-influenced ballads ("The Princess") as they are Television-infused angst rock. Horus isn't for everybody, but fans of the Violent Femmes, Incredible String Band, Danielson Famile, and Faun Fables will find much to love here. ~ James Christopher Monger

Customer Reviews for "Horus (Vinyl)" by The Impossible Shapes (Artist)

There are no customer reviews yet. Be the first to write a review!

Submit your Review

Explore More Great Tower Sales & Specials

Tower Records music Sales, Promotions & Special Features

Today's Most Popular Music Genres

Tower.com Music Boutique Stores

  • Greatest Hits Boutique
    Expand your musical horizons with our monthly selections for "Greatest Hits" and "Best Of" CD Collections.
  • Tower Records Vinyl Store
    Enjoy some of our favorite new pressings, indie rock releases, and milk crate essentials priced at up to 30% off so you can keep spinning right round (Like a record!)
  • The Beatles Collector's Boutique
    On 09-09-09, experience music history when the original studio albums by The Beatles are re-released, digitally remastered for the first time! Browse our favorite Beatles music, video and book titles!
  • Woodstock Anniversary Boutique
    Celebrating 40 years of Woodstock - Three days of music that changed the world forever!
  • The History Of Indie Rock Boutique
    Browse Our Album Art History of Indie Rock Influencers, from the 1960s to today!

Interact with Tower.com